ETF Analysis & Opinion

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s. Intermediate trend–The intermediate correction from 2873 should...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) Salesforce.com, $CRM, moved steadily higher out of consolidation in August, continuing...

This bullish divergence appearing here again today on Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF), ironically, very similar to May of last year (highlighted left).Financial Sector (XLF) has seen about 12%...

How is your portfolio handling the up and down market of 2018? Markets: It was a mixed week – with all 4 indexes saved from weekly losses by Friday’s big rally, powered by positive news...

S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock market speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher in the S&P 500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the...

AT40 = 53.5% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 45.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 14.8Short-term Trading Call: cautiously...

Most people are chasing big dividend payers right now in this “3% world” we live in. Meanwhile, a small group of “hidden yield” stocks are quietly handing smart investors...

Why We Use Weekly DataOn Thursday morning, as the S&P 500 dropped below its 200-dma, I got numerous emails asking about the break. I wrote the following in response: “I have often discussed...

As brutal as Friday was, the big picture still hasn’t changed: lower lows, lower highs and a general downtrend (although I am really sick and tired of all these “fight backs” the...

Finally!Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF) The longer view shows just how ugly this could get.

With the jaw-dropping stock-market dives we’ve seen in the last 3 months, you can be forgiven if your stomach tightens just a bit when you go to check your retirement account.So today I’m...

Consumer staples (NYSE:XLP) have already fallen 17% from their peak………....bazinga!

There’s just nothing else to say, the Emerging Markets Bond fund just keeps performing – even though the rest of the market seems utterly and completely unable to fall and stay down more...

The deconstruction continues in material stocks. The culprit this time around was a poor reading and interpretation of construction spending. Per AP News: “U.S. construction spending dropped 1.7...